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RE: Rainer...

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Posted by: Bluerosy at Wed Mar 21 22:40:57 2007   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Bluerosy ]  
   

"Were the cal kings you found out there black and white desert phases or another phase?

Did you come across any pits at all? What about venomous?"




I have found every type of king out there. I grew up in S. Calif and recently moved to GA 13 years ago. What I don't see much of in the breeding hobby are the high band count desert phase cal kings I found in the high desert. If I ever find anyone that has those for sale I am jumping on them.



But as far as Cal kings the coastal are very easy to find. People I know who have board lines pick up as many as 75 in one day. When I herp for my target species in Calif I always found cal kings in whatever are I am in. I even saw them in the populated areas in L.A., the mountain in high elevations, flat areas with no trees, the beach (yes Zuma beach right off the sand) everywhere. The best places to find them in number is in Orange county and S.D counties. People place the boards over the cracks in the earth. They come up for the heat when it gets warm. While roadcruising the deserts is when you find the black and white varieties.



As far as hots. I don't pay much attention to those. I love to scare freinds who are not familiar with the Mohave greens and sidewinders. The sidewinders are usually found on very windy nights coiled up on the highways. They look like while roks or pebbles. When I tell people those are actually sidewinders they don't beleive me. So i pull over and they check them out. usually coiled and still until you touch them. Then they take off with alaring speed. Its a rush to watch newbies with stuff like that. Usually has them jumping up the air as the sidewainder passes below them. LOL! ABout the prettiest rattlesnake i have seen out west are the Panamint speckles. The are solid yellow in one region i herp. Never seen those on breeders lists either. Some come close but not as yellow as the ones I have seen. Watching someone bag their first Mohave green is a sight to behold as well. Their don't want to get in that bag peacfully. LOL!


   

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